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Program Area: Educator Certification
Overview: The Cooperative Education, K-12 Endorsement is required for individuals who coordinate Career and Technical Education (CTE) cooperative education programs. This endorsement will automatic
Program Area: Adult Education Services
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is excited to announce two fantastic opportunities at the 2025 IDEA Conference: Access Cultivates Opportunities, happening August 20–22, 2025, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is forwarding to schools statewide the new guidance issued today by the U.S. Department of Education requiring schools to acknowledge they will follow federal civil rights law and avoid the use of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs. Schools that do not comply with the federal guidance risk losing federal funding.
Program Area: Special Education
The FY26 Statement of Assurances application is open for submission. All public education agencies (PEAs) must submit the IDEA Statement of Assurances (SOA) through the ESS Portal within ADEConnect. This is required before any FY26 activities in the Exceptional Student Services portal are allowable. The portal will block any PEA that has not completed the SOA effective July 1, 2025, which is when FY26 begins.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has forwarded letters from the U.S. Department of Education to Arizona public schools notifying them that they must submit documentation that shows they are following federal privacy law in order to uphold parents’ rights or risk losing federal funds.
Program Area: Homeless Education
Community-based organizations play an important role in serving children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness.
Program Area: Educator Certification
Overview: The Library-Media Specialist, PreK-12 endorsement is optional but may be required by local governing boards.
Program Area: Educator Certification
Endorsement Information
Program Area: Educator Certification
Endorsement Information
Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
Program Area: Special Education
Please see the attached memo that provides an update on Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) programs.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – in response to the 30 percent statewide chronic absenteeism rate in Arizona, state schools chief Tom Horne and Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan are urging law enforcement, the courts, parents and schools to make sure school-aged students are attending school and any violations of state law are promptly addressed by the legal system.
Program Area: Special Education
Are you interested in learning more about the recent Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) rule change that affects secondary transition services?
Program Area: Special Education
All school districts, charter schools, secure care facilities, and the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) are required to annually administer the State Performance Plan Indicator 8 Parent Involvement Survey to parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Program Area: Special Education
Are you ready to transform learning and create more inclusive educational experiences? The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement and Inclusive Practices Unit invites all educators to our upcoming free virtual professional learning series on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Program Area: Special Education
The Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ArSHA) will hold its annual convention on April 11–12 in Tempe, Arizona. Hundreds of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), speech-language technicians (SLTs), speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), and students enrolled in SLP graduate programs will attend this event.
